ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE SELF: The Individual in Cultural Perspective - Brossura

Morris, Brian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0745308589 ISBN 13: 9780745308586

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 1994

Riassunto

This book looks at the 'self' in Western, Asian and African societies passing though Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confuscism, Tao and African philosophy and ending with contemporary feminism. Scholarly and written in a lucid style, free of jargon, this work is written from an anthropological perspective with an interdisciplinary approach. Morris emphasises the varying conceptions of the self found cross-culturally and contrasts these with the conceptions found in the Western intellectual traditions.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Brian Morris is the author of several books on anthropology and natural history including Anthropological Studies of Religion (Cambridge University Press, 1987) and Western Conceptions of the Individual (Berg 1991). He teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction 2. Greek Philosophy and Concepts of the Psyche 3. Buddhism and the Doctrine of the No-Soul (Anatta) 4. The Hindu Conception of the Self 5. Taoism, Confucianism and the Chinese Self 6. African Philosophy and Conceptions of the Self 7. People as Social Beings: Conceptions of the Self in Oceania 8. Feminist Philosophy and the Theory of the Self

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0745308589
• ISBN 13: 9780745308586
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240